I love the color. My boy Homer is the Rambouillet orange. Great photos, please send us more. Mfg aus Louisville, Bill On Nov 17, 2011, at 8:25 AM, NME wrote:
> Hi All, > > I picked up my AHH back in March of this year and have been enjoying > it ever since. I now live in Berlin, where Homer serves both as my > daily commuter and country bike. It's mostly the standard build: bar- > end shifters, Nitto everything. There are a couple of details that > stand out, though: the size is 55cm (700c), which Riv offered to have > made for me at Waterford (I was nervous about 650b on a potential > future tour in Eastern Europe), the color is custom (similar to, but > lighter than Imron Harvest Gold), and Mark wrapped the shifter cables > with the handlebar tape from the top of the stem. > > I hadn't ridden drop bars for a decade, but after a couple of weeks of > uncomfortable transition, I found them very comfortable. I have an > upper back problem and thought that I would always riding with North > Road style bars, but drop bars have proven not only more comfortable, > but also beneficial -- they really stretch out my otherwise stiff > thoracic spine, and the Noodles aren't hard on my neck at all. Over > the past seven months, I've gradually lowered my stem to ever-so- > slightly below saddle height. I'm still on a short 7cm stem, but I > could imagine switching sometime in the future to 8 or 9. > > Here are some long-overdue pictures of the bike, from day and weekend > tours around Berlin-Brandenburg, Flensburg, and the southern tip of > Denmark. The other bike in the photos is a teeny-tiny Ritchey Break- > away (48cm). > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/40444853@N06/sets/72157628022952437/with/6352575641/ > > Needless to say, I couldn't be happier. > > liebe Grüße aus Berlin, > Nicole > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
